The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-15

IT Flpaf!fu, IN the state. tlhlS Is not a
puff IA the ordinary SENSE. paid my
bill owe: the hotel counter, and write of
this b. use it is a big feature of the town
and tells of the enterprise of some of its
wealthy citizens.)
On every hand | saw evidences that this
old place is becoming rejuvenated The
fOunt of Ponce de Leon has not been dis
| covered, but progressive men are doing
for this old town what no fount of youth
can do for an Old man. The business of
the past year, | was Informed, has been
quite good and satisfactory. The rail
| roads and the boats do large carrying
trade for Fayetteville, and it yearly in
| creascs. The population within the old
| limits of the town is between four and
five thousand, but there are half as many
more in the immediate vicinity, so that
the population is really about 1000
| what it Was in the old time when Fayette-
vile was THE commercial point in the
, State
My visit here Is unexpectedly cut short,
and | cannot write as | expected of Fay
etteville and its industries and attractions
i will be compelled merely to mention
some of them. No visit here is complete
without drive to Tokay, the vineyard,
the hospitable residence of Col w. j.
| Green, former Congressman from this dis
trlct, and | desired to write of that. The
Cape Fear river, with its long bridge
made free within the last few years, its
! daily lines Of steamers for Wilmington,
and its railroad and steamboat wharves
adapted to high and low water, afforded
a theme upon which | ght write upon
commerce or recall the scenes upon this
| historic stream of the e-bellum days
Nothing could have pleased me more than
to ride through the fine farms on the
river above and below Fayetteville, and
| the sand hill farms on the upland, which
will bring bale of cotton to the acre to
! say nothing of Bruce'S and WestbrOOk' 5
/ nurseries, and LawrenceS fine fruit and
dairy farm, and to give the CHRONICLE
readers pen pictures of them. INTENDED
| but for the sudden termination of my
trip, 10 visit and write up the oil mills,
! the ice factory, the electric light machine
which is run by water, McMilan's extern
sive copper works, Watson's tOurishing
/ mHuufactory Of tools, the new foundry
AMI p!ow nanufactory, the novelty wood
works. the machine shops and car factory
/ of the G. T. x \. Y. K. r., McNeirs grist
and Touring mills and cotton gins, Nc
kethaus carriage works, and the other
! industries and interests which give pros
/ perity t. the town. Another contemplate
/ ed trip, which was denied me, was a day
at the Hope mills, the Beaver Creek mills,
and the Bluff mills, seven miles from
| town. and the Manchester mills, twelve
/ miles from town, all working up the raw
/ cotton into staple goods and afording en-
| pioyment TO many and support to many
more. These are some of the enterprises
/ OF the present time which are slowly but
surely bringing back a prosperity which,
/ in time, viii renew the former iiourlshing
condition of the town, for all must know
that this place is not like the towns spring
/ inr up in the tobacco belt, but is an Old
place which had gone down and is now
! being revived. The building of the Viii
son and Fayetteville short cut which,
when completed, will place Fayetteville on
+ the through Atlantic Coast line South, and
the benefit of the c. F. x Y. v, when it
! makes connection with the coal and iron
/ OF West Virginia and the through freight
4 line between Cincinnati and Wilmington,
cannot fail to add to the prosperity and
growth OF Fayetteville. With its beauti-
, ful and comfortable hotel there Is 10 rea-
son Why mary visitors should not stop
over as they pass North or South. And
they Will stop and after stopping once
instead of going to Florida.
Fayetteville is blessed with one of the
best weekly papers in the State-the OBJ
server 1t is always wise and discreet,
and publishes the news correctly and with
out sensationalism. Mr.. Geo. H. Haigh,
its editor. is hghtoned, conscientious
and we'll equipped journalist. The town
is also happy in that it has bright little
daily, the News, edited by Nj Josh. Hall,
which seem to be prospering. 1t is "a
map of busy life" as it is seen in Fayette-
Vile There is also published here the
Messenger, a paper devoted TO the Knights
of Labor organization, edited by Mr..
Ezzell, whom did not meet. IN a news
paper way, Fayetteville is, Therefore,
'thrice blessed"
A word about public men; his is the
home of Judge ]. c. McRae, who has
gained a high reputation-and it is de
seryed-on the Superior Court bench
His friends think of presenting his name
before the Convention for the Supreme
Court bench. He is one of those learned
and upright men who will grace and fiji
with credit any position. EX-Sneake
Geo. NJ. Rose is a prominent member ot
the bar here, and is iii active and success
full practice and ThoS II. Sutton, Esq
who was one of the Democratic leaders il
the last Legislature, has q large and grow
ing practice here Col. Wharton J. Green
who only missed the denomination fol
Congress last year by a small vote, live:
at Tokay. He is spoken Of again in con
nection with the nomination for Congress
Fayetteville was about the first town il
the State to have Graded School. Prof
Alex Graham is Principal, and better
teacher or cleverer man cannot be fount
in the old State. A large and moderr
building for the accommodation of thi
school is needed, and larger tax ough
to be voted so that the revenue of th
school may suffice to make it better fiji
the need that is felt for the best kind 0
education, at public expense, for all th
children Of the community. Privat
schools are all very well, in their way
; but the ONLY way to educate the childrel
in the rudiments is at a first class school
, supported by taxation. Prof. Graham
has FIRST CLASS SCHOOL, but he need
more room. more money, and more teach
ers. | didn't see Prof. Graham, nor do
know his views, but | had my eyes an
3 ears open and the above, in my judgment
, is THE great need in Fayetteville to-day
The day has passed when half a dozen pr
:. vate schools, however good they are, ca
be relied upon to educate the children c
a community A teacher cannot GIVE tut
g ton to the poor, and it is the highest dut